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Spelling Bee March 21, 2025 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

Today's letter set · Center: E

C
E
I
N
T
V
Z

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

38

accepted entries

Total points

187

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

130

70% of total

Center letter

E

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • INCENTIVIZE
  • INCENTIVIZE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

9 pts

5%

Good

14 pts

8%

Solid

28 pts

15%

Nice

46 pts

25%

Great

74 pts

40%

Amazing

93 pts

50%

Genius

130 pts

70%

Queen Bee

187 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 4 words
  • cent
  • cite
  • citizen
  • civet
E 7 words
  • entente
  • entice
  • even
  • event
  • evict
  • evictee
  • evince
I 11 words
  • incentive
  • incentivize
  • incentivize
  • incite
  • innie
  • intent
  • invective
  • invent
  • inventive
  • invite
  • invitee
N 7 words
  • nene
  • netizen
  • nice
  • niece
  • nine
  • nineteen
  • nite
T 4 words
  • teen
  • tenet
  • tent
  • tine
V 4 words
  • vein
  • vent
  • vice
  • vine
Z 1 word
  • zine

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, March 21, 2025 uses the seven letters C, E, I, N, T, V, Z, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 187 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 130 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 2 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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